Vanilla Pears With Ginger Ice Cream


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Ingredients

Ginger Ice Cream
3 Large Eggs
45 grams Caster Sugar
450 ml Double Cream
6 pieces of Stem Ginger - finely cut
5 tablespoons Ginger Syrup
Pears
Opies Whole Baby Pears with Vanilla - drained

Preparation

1
Whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl.
2
In another bowl whip the cream until soft peaks form
3
Fold the whipped cream into the egg and sugar mixture.
4
Add the chopped ginger and ginger syrup and gently combine.
5
Pour into a suitable freezer container and freeze for 24 hours.Gently stir the ice cream after approx 2 hours to ensure even distribution of the ginger pieces. Repeat this process after a further 1 hour freezing time
6
When the ice cream is ready remove from the freezer and allow to soften slightly.
7
To serve:-
8
Drizzle chocolate sauce in a zig zag over the serving plate.
9
Slice the pears thinly and gently arrange in a fan shape on the plate
10
Place two quenelles of ice cream next to the fanned pears and then lightly dust with icing sugar. Decorate with a few pieces of chopped ginger

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About

Made using whole baby pears which have been preserved in a delicate syrup with a vanilla pod.

Opies baby pears in vanilla are available from Waitrose and quality independent food stores.

Yield:

1.0 servings

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Monday, January 18, 2010 - 6:21am

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